Tell the Liverpool City Cabinet to ACT Now!

Liverpool City Council disgracefully failed to discuss the AOC Europe 2021 arms fair at their last full council meeting, after attempts by Councillors opposed to the arms fair to move emergency motions on it.

As the emergency motions requested, we demand that the Council's Cabinet take urgent and extraordinary steps to remove the Directors of the ACC Liverpool Ltd for their refusal to revoke permission for arms fair scheduled to take place in the ACC Exhibition Centre on 12^th-13^th October.

With the fair little more than 10 days away, urgent action must be taken NOW to prevent it going ahead.

They must take steps to exercise the Council’s power to remove the Directors of the ACC Liverpool, and replace them with Directors who understand the severe reputational damage hosting this fair will cause both the venue, and the City.

Mayor Joanne Anderson

Councillor Daniel Barrington

Councillor Jane Corbett

Councillor Harry Doyle

Councillor Sarah Doyle

Councillor Frazer Lake

Councillor Tomas Logan

Councillor Abdul Qadir

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I am writing in regard to the Council’s disgraceful failure to discuss the AOC Europe 2021 arms fair at last week’s full council meeting, after attempts by Councillors opposed to the arms fair to move emergency motions on it.
The Cabinet, and Mayors, attempts to avoid responsibility for the arms fair scheduled to take place in a venue it owns are shameful.
As the emergency motions requested, I am demanding you take urgent and extraordinary steps to remove the Directors of the ACC Liverpool Ltd for their refusal to revoke permission for the AOC Europe 2021 arms fair scheduled to take place in the ACC Exhibition Centre on 12th and 13th October. At the fair, arms merchants, whose weapons have been used to target civilian populations around the world, including in Palestine, are due to market and sell their repressive products. Hosting the fair is a severe abrogation of the moral and ethical duties of the Council and is inimical to the values of the City.
The fair has been subject to widespread local and national opposition. This includes from dozens of MPs, many of your colleagues, and the Bishop of Liverpool, who addressed thousands of demonstrators on Saturday 11th September. Moreover, the ACC is being subject to increasing pressure to cancel the event. This includes from the National Education Union, the National Union of Students, and recently Massive Attack, who withdrew from a planned concert at the venue.
With the fair little more than 10 days away, urgent action must be taken NOW to prevent it going ahead.
You must take steps to exercise the Council’s power to remove the Directors of the ACC Liverpool Ltd, and replace them with Directors who understand the severe reputational damage hosting this fair will cause both the ACC and the City.

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